The Day the Sun Rose

Drama

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Tetsuya Yamanouchi

Status Released

Release Date 1968-11-23

Storyline

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.